Monsanto CEO's $5 Million Sale

Hugh Grant and others sold $16 million in shares as a lone director bought $1 million in stock.

The chief executive of agriculture giant Monsanto and other executives sold 143,029 shares for a total of $16,088,755 Jan. 13 through 17, shortly after shares traded to a multiyear high. Yet one Monsanto director bought about $1 million in shares.

CEO and Chairman Hugh Grant sold 44,179 Monsanto (ticker: MON) shares for $4,978,650, an average of $112.69 each. Grant also gifted 9,000 shares to an undisclosed entity.